About the Press

Our basic principles are simple: do good work and treat people right. We didn’t get into publishing because we wanted to simply churn out as many e-books as cheaply as possible, taking as much money from the authors as we can. Does that mean we won’t be a huge publishing machine? Probably. But we’re happy forming strong relationships with our clients.

What We’re Doing

The separation between an author and reader can be vast. Work passes from author to agent to editor to publisher to wholesaler to distributor to retailer to reader. Along the way, the relationship—both personal and financial—is diluted.

We’re breaking that down and establishing a direct connection between authors and readers, bringing back only the parts which serve that relationship.

Our mission is to create direct, meaningful, rewarding relationships between authors and readers.

Stuff Authors Care About

When we convert your backlist, we do all the work, including the scanning and proofing, here in Portland. We don’t ship it across the globe—or even across the street. Why not? We’re faster and have a greater attention to detail than anyone else we know about. We actually read your book. At least twice.

You’re not assigning any rights to us. We’re making your e-books and publishing them, and we’re keeping about 25% of the revenue. But they’re still your books, and you can do whatever you want.

We’re going to help and advise you. You can be as involved as you want, and certainly, some participation is required. Ultimately, though, you’re the boss. If we don’t like what you want to do, or you don’t like what we’re proposing, we shouldn’t be working together anyway.

About the Press

GERE DONOVAN PRESS is a publishing and interactive agency dedicated to creating direct, meaningful, rewarding relationships between authors and readers. We work with authors to publish and promote their backlist or out-of-print works, as well as new work, both fiction and non-fiction.

We provide a full-range of services from detailed proofing and editing to cover design and marketing strategy. Our team takes the time to understand and craft products of exceptional quality that authors are proud of and that readers appreciate.